THE EARLY YEARS
Genesis at Knebworth 1978
My first gig in a field! Only £5.50!! It didn't rain!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAM6k6M1_Q
A slideshow....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFa-QJ3P4CI
Reading Festival 1978
My first three day festival...three nights in a Vauxhall Viva! It still didn't rain!!
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| See that scrawny young lad with the beer can in the centre of the pic walking from left to right?.... I do believe that's yours truly! |
...and here's video evidence of Steve Hillage onstage with cartoon punks Sham '69....
Ultravox! doing Slow Motion - great band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJugHWQDtyY
Penetration - Life's A Gamble. I had a thing for Pauline Murray - anyone remember that great album by Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls?...wonder what became of her?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9H9pB4kf58
Reading Festival 1979
We had a tent this time. It rained, but only a bit...
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me. They were good fun...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLEYcO2VnE
Very little video footage other than Cheap Trick can be found, but here's a pic of a youthful looking Cure from the same festival.
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| Boys don't cry... |
...and Peter Gabriel
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| Still in Rael guise |
Reading Festival 1980
This was my last Reading Fest for some time as from here on in it became a hard rock/metal festival, attracting some right tossers both on stage and in the audience.
Here's the truly execrable White Spirit in action. Note the daft poses of the guitarist. I dare you to watch more than a minute! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Vjxcma_HM
....and in the audience, some tossers throwing cans
Rory Gallagher and last minute additions Slade apart, who were both great, I would rather have chewed my own arm off...
More next time..
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